Weather-strip.



Nb. 696,335. Paiented Mar. 25, |902.

s. F. HIGGINS.

WEATHER STRIP.

(Application led Nov. 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES 1 PATENT EEICE.

BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF OND-HALFTOOHARLES W. BRUMFIELD, OF OENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

.SPECIFICTION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 696,335, dated March25, 1902.

l Application filed November 18,1901. Serial No. 82,710; KNO model.)

To all whom t may concern: 5

Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN F. HIGGINs,

a citizen of the United States, residing aty Centralia, in the county ofMarion and State of Illinois, have invented a nevvandl usefulWeather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to weather-strips. 5

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofweather-strips and to provi-de a simple, inexpensive, and eficient oneadapted to be readily applied toa door and capable of beingautomatically operated by the opening and closing of the door and ofeffectually excluding air, dust, and moisture when it is closed or inengagement with the door-sill. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a weather-stri p of thischaracter which when applied toa door will not require any recessing ofthe Vsame or the sill and which may be readily thrown into and out ofoperation when desired. f'

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, andl pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a weather-'stripconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to adoor. Fig. 2 is aA vertical sectional view partly in elevation, the doorbeing open. Fi'g. 3 isa vertical sectional View, the door being closed.Fig. tis a detail perspective view of the pivoted stop. Fig. 5 is adetail sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of referencel designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

n l designates a casing constructed of sheet metal or other suitablematerial and forming a housing for apivoted weather-strip 2, which isadapted tol be partially rotated to swing it downward against "thesillfof a door and to raise it to permit the door to be opened. Thesheet-metal casing is substantially quadrantshaped in cross-section andis provided at the top with a longitudinal lian ge 3, which isperforated for the reception of screws or other improvements in' pivotedat 5.

end of the lever.

l suitablefastening devices for securing the weather-strip tothe door 4.The weatherstrip, which is arranged within'the casing, is

substantially quadrant-shaped in cross-section and consists of alongitudinal body portion and quadrant-shaped ends, which are Thepivots, which may be arranged in any suitable manner, are mounted on theendsof thecasing andare supported o Vby pivots or ears 6, arranged atthe innerfaces of the ends of the weather-strip, as clearly shown inFig. 3. The casing 1 is open at the outer end to permit a lever 7 to beconnected with the weather-strip, which is provided with aslot 8. Theopening 9 ofthe end ofthe casing is approximately quadrant-shaped, butmay be of any desired configuration, and the lever, which is fulcrumedbetween its' ends on a bracket or support 10,' is provided with-an L- 7oshaped lower arm, having an inwardly-extending finger 1l, arrangedhorizontally and projecting into the slot of the Aweather-strip. ThebracketlO is inwardly offset from the end of the casing and is providedat its ends with perforated lugs or ears, which are secured to the door.The L-shaped arm of the lever eX- tends outward from the base of thebracket and downward at the end of the casing, and

the pivot 12, upon which the lever is mounted, 8o vpasses through aperforation ofthe bracket rand is supported by an L-shaped-plate or knee13. The yplate or knee 13 is secured to the door Joy a fastening device14, which also passes through a spring 15, extending upward from 8 5`the plate or knee and engaging a laterallyextending lug or projection160ithe upper The spring is adapted to throw the upper end of the'leveroutward,

and the finger, which is moved inward by the 9o spring, engagesthe'weather-strip at the inner side of the slot and holds the-sameelevated. The weather-strip is automatically operated when the door isopened and closed,

and the upper end of thelever when the door is closed engages a pivotedstop 17, mounted on the door-frame and adapted to be swung upward anddownward to arrange itin the path of the lever and to carry ittherefrom.

The upper end of the stop is perforated for roo the reception of a screw18, and the lower end abuts against a screw 19, which holds the stoprigidly in position when arranged as shown in Figs. l and 3. The stop isbowed outward between its ends to extend it from the doorframesufficiently to enable it to project into the path of the lever. Whenthe door closes, the upper end of the lever engages the stop and isforced inward thereby, and the lower end of the lever is swung outward,whereby the weather-strip is partially rotated to carry it downward intocontact with the door-sill. The weather-strip is adapted to fit snuglyand tightly against the door-sill, and it is capable of elfectuallyexcluding air, dust, and moisture. The casing is adapted to shed water,and it will cause the same to run outward beyond the weather-strip. Thestop is adapted to be swung on the upper screw or pivot to carry itsoutwardly-bowed central portion ont of the path of thelaterally-extendinglug of the lever, and when in this position the doormay be closed without operating the weather-strip.

Itwillbe seen that the weather-strip is exeeedinglysimple andinexpensive in construction, that the casing forms a shield and housingfor the weather-strip, and that the latter is adapted to operate quicklyand is capable of being readily applied to a door without cutting thesame. It will also be apparent that the slot and the opening may bereadily cut at either end of the weather-strip and the casing to enablethe same to be applied to a door hung at either edge and that theweatherstrip is capable of operating automatically and is also adaptedto be thrown out ot' operation.

l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casingdesigned to be mounted on a door, a weather-strip pivotally mountedwithin the casing, an upright lever fulerumed .between its ends on theexterior of the door and having its lower arm extended downward at oneend of the casing and provided with an inwardly-extending portionconnected with the weather-strip, and a stop designed to be mounted onthe door-frame and. arranged in the path of the upper portion of thelever and adapted to be engaged by the same when the door is closed,substantially as described.

2. In a device ofthe class described, the combination of a casingdesigned to be mounted on a door, a weather-strip pivotally mountedwithin the casing, an uprightlever fulcrumed between its ends on theexterior of the door and having its lower arm arranged at one end of thecasing and extended into the same and connected with the weather-strip,the outwardly-bowed stop pivoted at one end to the door-frame andarranged in the path of the' upper portion of the lever and adapted tobe swung out of such position, and a projection mounted on the casingand supporting the free end of the stop when the latter is in positionfor engaging the lever, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of anapproximately quadrantshaped casing, a quadrant-shaped weatherstrippivotally mounted within the easing and arranged to swing beyond thesame, a lever arranged at one end of the casing and extending throughthe same and connected with the weather-strip, and means for engagingthe lever, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casinghaving an opening at one end, a weather-strip pivotally mounted withinthe casing and provided at one end adjacent to the said opening with aslot, a lever fulcrumed between its ends and extending through theopening into the slot, and a spring engaging the lever,substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJ. F. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. W. BRUMFIELD, M. DUNCAN.

